Btcc Tv 2007

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Originally Posted by nik

But I suppose ITV have to make room for Gutterball, so it can make them money.

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Perhaps the solution is for the touring car coverage to include some kind of premium rate phone-in competition, which would also eliminate the ad break problem. Such as:

Who most deserved to be excluded from the opening rounds at Brands Hatch? Was it:

a) Mat Jackson, whose BMW produced some smoke for a while but was clearly running ok by the end?

b) Darren Turner, for the kind of incident that goes unpunished on nearly every other race weekend?

or c) nobody; that was one of the cleanest touring car weekends I've seen for some time, especially considering it was the season opener and there were plenty of newcomers on the grid?

And as is traditional with these phone-ins, the answer the stewards actually arrive at seems to be somewhat at odds with conventional wisdom... ;)

Having just watched the 30min programme (highlights of the highlights) from yesterday, I did think the on screen graphics were a lot clearer. I seem to remember that over the last couple of years whenever they brought up the positions during a race and the final results, it always seemed quite difficult to read. Either that or I need my eyes testing!

It is a shame that they can't repeat the 90 minute program sometime during the week, even if it's the early hours of the morning and we have to record it.

I can't believe I stayed up to watch that 25 mins programme last night/this morning. It was all so rushed.

They never show enough of the battles further down the field. I didn't see any footage of the motorbase cars, Alfa's, stockton or bell :(

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Originally Posted by Pedalpusher

It is a shame that they can't repeat the 90 minute program sometime during the week, even if it's the early hours of the morning and we have to record it.

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I whole heartedly agree - I cant see why they wouldnt want to do that.

ITV would argue that they get more viewers watching repeats than a live 'minority' sport. Look at the WRC, shifted to ITV4 because of lack of viewers. I say be grateful for what coverage we can get, better than no coverage at all. Though I thought ITV was short of money, yet they can afford to pay for football coverage, which was an extortionate amount of money.

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

ITV would argue that they get more viewers watching repeats than a live 'minority' sport. Look at the WRC, shifted to ITV4 because of lack of viewers. I say be grateful for what coverage we can get, better than no coverage at all. Though I thought ITV was short of money, yet they can afford to pay for football coverage, which was an extortionate amount of money.

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Football coverage is seen as prestigious in publicity terms and is a huge source of lucrative advertising revenue. Never mind the fact that, in overall terms, the small viewing figures for most games do not justify the outlay...

This might not prove popular but I would like to say well done to Setanta for their race day coverage which I thought was superb right through the day.

As a subscriber, purely for the NASCAR and NASCAR Busch Series, the coverage was a lot better quality than what Motors TV offered as they have a higher bandwidth channel so the picture and sound quality is way clearer than it ever was on Motors.

Fair enough, a lot of people don't want to subscribe to it but I was thoroughly impressed with the whole day....plus we don't get any adverts in race (Motors was the same) so we saw the restart in the 3rd TOCA race. I realised ITV viewers had missed it when Ben Edwards cut from commentary after a lap of the restart to say "Welcome backs to Brands Hatch...."

Oh, and if the man in the crowd whose portable BBQ became a raging inferno nearly catching his chairs and tent.....thanks mate. I havn't laughed so much for ages as the cameras stayed on you trying to stamp it out. Quality!!

Here's some interesting programmes on Bank Holiday Monday. It's the opening rounds of the British Superbike Championship this weekend and, like the BTCC, you won't be able to watch anything live if you haven't got a Freeview box - it's an early (4pm) start on ITV4 for two hours of coverage. Like the BTCC, if you've only got access to ITV1 you'll have to wait until the night to watch the highlights. Unlike the BTCC, these start at 10:45 and are on for a full 90 minutes...

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Originally Posted by Stu_H

Oh, and if the man in the crowd whose portable BBQ became a raging inferno nearly catching his chairs and tent.....thanks mate. I havn't laughed so much for ages as the cameras stayed on you trying to stamp it out. Quality!!

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that had to be Larry or Scooby, that happens at most of the events i've been too where either of those are alloweed to be in charge of fire!